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The document discusses drug trafficking including the background, types of drugs trafficked, channels of trafficking, causes and consequences of drug abuse, and prevention strategies. It provides statistics on drug use in India and explains that drug abuse was traditionally more common among less educated groups but now affects more upper and middle class urban youth.

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Drug Trafficking LEA2

The document discusses drug trafficking including the background, types of drugs trafficked, channels of trafficking, causes and consequences of drug abuse, and prevention strategies. It provides statistics on drug use in India and explains that drug abuse was traditionally more common among less educated groups but now affects more upper and middle class urban youth.

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Drug Trafficking

LEA 2
 Introduction
 Background
 Process of Drug Trafficking
 Mapping the Country
 Channels of Trafficking
 Drug Victims: When?
 Preventive Measures
Introduction

 Trafficking The Commercial Exchange of Goods, Especially of an Illicit


or Improper Kind.

 Example: Drug Dealing, Trade for Commercial Sexual Exploitation,


Trade for Forced Labor, Trade in Arms (selling and Buying various types
of Guns).

 Trafficking' offenses may include production or cultivation, import and


export, transporting, offering, selling and/or possession, with intent to
distribute or supply, or the concept of acting 'for gain' or 'on a commercial
basis.
What is drug Traffickin?
 Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation,
manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject
to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is continuously monitoring and
researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more
comprehensive understanding of their dynamics.
Trafficking

Human

Drugs

Arms
Background

 According to the National Drug Dependence Centre


(NDDTC) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS), (2000 and 2009) more than 32,000 drug abusers
turn up every year and 21,000 more get community care
Opiate users upped from 22% to 42%, but Synthetic drug
users zoomed quietly.
Drug in Use

• Oplum
• Morphine
• Heroic
Depressants • Codeine
• Sythetic oplates
• Barbituraes

• Cocaine
Stimulants • Amphetamine
• Methamphetamine

• Marijuana
Hallucinogen
• LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)
Other Classification of drugs

Drugs based on usages:


• Uppers-stimulants
•Downers-Depressants (opiates)
• All Rounder-Psychedelic drug like LSD
• Inhalants- Cocaine, Heroin
Drugs based on toxic Nature:
Less Harmful Drugs (Boot Polish, Cough Syrups, Whitener, Petrol, Kerosene, etc.)
• Medium Harmful Drugs (Ganza, Charus, etc.)
• High Toxic Drugs (MDMA, LSD, Ectasy, ATS, Ampethetamine, Stimulants, Cocaine,
Heroine, etc.)
Popular drugs Names

 Crack
 Ecstasy
 Heroin
 Ketamine
 Tobacco
 Tranquillissers
 Gases, Glues and Aerosols (solvents)
 GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate)
 Anabolic Steroids
 Cannabis
 Cocaine
 Poppers (alkyl nitrites)
 Rohypnol
 Speed (amphetamines)
Drugs in use at Present

 New Drugs: Synthetic drugs (Psychoactive substances produced in a lab)

 Pharma Drugs: Pain Killers, Sedatives, Anxiolytics, Hypnotics, and synthetic


opiods like buprenorphine, polydrugs... is on a steady high.

 A 2008 UNODC, Rapid Situation and Response Assesment (RSRA): Of the


5,800 respondents from India, 43% found to use "drug cocktails", 64% inject
painkiller propoxyphene and 76% buprenorphine.
Drugs Victims

 Drug Victims can be the person who are addicted to use drugs for the pleasure for the first time
which leads to addiction for the future.
 The person who want to get rid of mental tension by taking drugs.....
Ex. Rich Person becomes Bankrupt, Failure/Cheating in Love and so on.
 Persons who thinks that Drugs helps in extending stamina.....
Ex. Students, Truck Drivers, Night Watchman use it to increase alertness and to awake for long
time
 Persons who for the sake of fun thinks that drugs bring change in mood and behavior
Ex. Fun in festival like Holi; Tradition & Culture of early Kings, Zamindars, Village people,
Raves and so on..
Mapping the Country

• Lucknow- Raves on Yaba


• Punjab- New Hotspot
• North East-Into Injecting Drugs
• Kolkata-Dotes of Meth
• Chennai- Hub of date rape, Ketamine
• Bangalore- Teens sniff and Huff Toluene
• Mumbai-Swears by Ice
• Delhi- High on Ecstasy
Reports
85% of drug user from India are illiterate
61% of drug users in South Asia are from India
61% are working professionals
54% use drugs before casual sex
34% of women are hooked to pilis
70% take cannabis
70% take heroin chasing
76% take buprenorphine
43% take drug cocktails
64% take propoxyphene
Source: Rapid Situation and Response Assessment (RSRA) of HIV/AIDS- related risk behaviours... UNODC
2008, World Drug Report, 2007-10, UNODC Reports, 2008-2010
Ref: Datta, Damayanti. Cover Story: Drug Addiction. India Today, Aug 30, 2010. pp-41-47
Channels of Trafficking

• Earlier-Suppliers in the Red-light Area


• Smuggling
• Now-Internet
-Booked through Internet and come by Parcel to place to place
• According to World Drug Report, 2010 India has become a hub of
drugs sold through illegal Internet Pharmacies..
Drugs in Situation

• To get rid of mental tension


• To extend stamina
• Change in mood and behavior
• No value of Money
• Tradition
Cause of drug Abuse
 Uneployment
 Financial Burdens
 Socio-civilization culture
 Curiosity/Experimentation
 Peer pressure
 Addiction
 Sexual Involvement
 Failure in exam
 Break-up relationship
 Depression
 Illegal relationship
 Others…
Consequences of Drug Addiction

 Crime
 Sexual Assault
 Health Problem
 Broken Family
 HIV/AIDS
 Alienation
 Unproductive Society
Prevention Strategies

 Routine Checkup
 Awareness Programmes
 Peer Education Against Drug Abuse
 Custom Checkup
 Technology/Instrument Development
 Strong Law and Governance
 Strong Security Alert (Head Office to Local Police)
 Constant Monitoring with Technology in Blogs & Websites
Now and Then

 Then
• Report of the National Survey (2000-01)
• The most common drugs of abuse then were- ganja, Hashish, Opium and Heroin
• Women and Children were kept out of it
 Now
• Synthetic Drugs are passing in
• New Urban Junkies profile: young, educated, working, upper & middle classes. It can be
both males & females.
• This new scenario of the modern urban India is calling for urgent attention.

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